Dear Terry,
on 2003-08-31 23.03, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Industrial Heating
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Industrial Heating can't force the implementation of the metric
Dear Paul and All,
My thoughts are below your letter.
In his October 2002 New Yorker article on metric, David Owen comments:
...the same urge for consistency at any cost is often evident among wholly
rational metric advocates, who seldom acknowledge thta there could be
situations in which
J. Jason Wentworth wrote in USMA 26754:
I can highly recommend the vendor who supplies my A4 paper. They can also
provide A3 and any other A-series or B-series paper size. Their A4 paper is
*exactly* 210 mm X 297 mm (more accurately cut than some A4 sheets I've
received in international
Hello my name is John Mercer. my wife Doreen
and I live in Langley British Columbia Canada about 60 kilometers east of
Vancouver. I am 54 years old and Doreen is 55. We were both educated
in the imperial system of measurement. I feel the Metric system is a much
better system to work with. I
http://www.wa-grange.org/policy_handbook/2003_Legislative_handbook.pdf
16. We recommend that our nation officially adopt the metric system for
international trade.
http://www.wa-grange.org/
What is The Grange?
The Grange, formally known as the Patrons of Husbandry, is a grassroots,
non-partisan,
Industrial Heating
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tures__item/0,2832,25919,00.html
Industrial Heating can't force the implementation of the metric system any
more than the Federal Government can. But, as an engineering trade
Thanks Pat.
I have emailed NASA in the past and got some responses.
One editor appeared surprised that articles were appearing without metric
units. I think the reason is that NASA is a huge organisation; her viewpoint
was limited to her own department. Perhaps maximum effect will be from:
1.
John:
Joe Reid is Canadian and
lives in Toronto. He's President Emeritus of the Canadian Metric
Association.
I'm a naturalized
Canadian (British-born), but now live in California.
I think there may be a
couple of other Canadian or Canadian-born participants in the
list.
I think you can
Dear John and All,
I have interspersed some notes from an Australian perspective.
on 2003-09-01 03.13, John S. Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm a scientist/engineer working for NASA. The metric system is used
extensively at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but inch-pounds are still
Dear John and All,
I have interspersed some notes from an Australian perspective.
on 2003-09-01 03.13, John S. Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm a scientist/engineer working for NASA. The metric system is used
extensively at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but inch-pounds are still
Pat Naughtin wrote:
John S. Ward wrote:
The metric system is used extensively at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but inch-pounds are still dominant.
Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) investigation report:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq/inspections/g-00-021.pdf
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
John and Doreen,
Welcome to the list. I'm in the US, but there are
definitely some Canadian subscribers.
How did you find out about the mailing list?
What in particular moves you to support continued
metrication?
As a pharmacy student in 1974, I had to solve
calculation problems in
Stephen Gallagher wrote in USMA 26506;
I'm puzzled by your reference to French Canadians. English
Canadians use
metric too.
You may be allowing yourself to be influenced by the practices of
some
manufacturers. My Black and Decker electric lawnmower,
for example, shows
blade size in inches
On Sunday 31 August 2003 12:02, Bill Potts wrote:
To answer your third question, a Google search on A3 paper US yields the
following link: http://www.plotterpapers.com/a3-paper.htm.
They're not cheap, but they're less than $100/ream. For large purchase, I
suspect their pricing is negotiable.
Terry,
Thanks for your detailed explanation, it's very helpful.
I would like to point out my goal of finding a domestic supplier of A3 paper.
As long as there is no internal demand for metric products, American
companies won't produce. I travel to Europe several times per year, and
could
Hello everyone I have a question. What is the
size of A 3 and a 4 paper. Is 8.5 by 11 inch paper only used in Canada and
the States? Thanks for your time.
On Monday 01 September 2003 00:04, Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear John and All,
I have interspersed some notes from an Australian perspective.
on 2003-09-01 03.13, John S. Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm a scientist/engineer working for NASA. The metric system is used
extensively
Hmmm, sounds a heck of a lot like the prevailing attitude in the UK about miles
and road signs, eh?
sigh
Still, kudos to Chris Keenan, Lord Howe, the UKMA, et al. for continuing to fight
the good fight!
(As King Henry said it so well: Once more unto the breach!)
Ezra
John S. Ward wrote (in
Hi Pat,
The party line that the management sees (32% of of projects classified as
all-metric) is very different from what those of us in the trenches see. I
find these statistics to be very hard to believe. The following popular
scenario may well explain it:
Technician to engineer:
Ezra Steinberg wrote:
As King Henry said it so well: Once more unto the breach!
That wasn't the real King Henry; that was merely Shakespeare's portrayal of
King Henry V. g
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
A3 is 420 mm x 297 mm; A4 is 297 mm x 210
mm.
For a full discussion of A series sizes,
click here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html.
Note that, although A and B series sizes are
specified in millimeters, they have nothing specifically to do with SI. Rather,
they are defined
Yup, I kinda figured everyone knew that.
Bill Potts wrote:
Ezra Steinberg wrote:
As King Henry said it so well: Once more unto the breach!
That wasn't the real King Henry; that was merely Shakespeare's portrayal of
King Henry V. g
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI
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